“Neither can we admit that definition of genius that some would propose--"a power to accomplish all that we undertake;" for we might multiply examples to prove that this definition of genius contains more than the thing defined. Cicero failed in poetry, Pope in painting, Addison in oratory; yet it would be harsh to deny genius to these men.” MenMightWould BeExamplePaintingGeniusProveDefinitionsDenyAccomplishDefinedPopeHarshProposeOratory Book:Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“It was van Gogh's madness that prevented him from working; the paintings themselves are ineffably sane, if sanity is to be defined in terms of exact judgment of ends and means and the power of visual analysis.” IfsMeanEndsTermPaintingJudgmentMadnessDefinedAnalysisVisualsSanitySaneVansEnds And Means Author:Robert Hughes